Shar-Teg, outcrop 442/1 (PIN collection 4270) (Jurassic of Mongolia)

Where: Mongolia (44.1° N, 95.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 97.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sharteg Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, fine-grained, gray claystone

• Early syn-rift phase (Graham et al., 2001); extensional stress field from collapse of Mongolia-Okhotsk orogenic belt (Wu, 2013).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Joint Soviet Mongolian Paleontological Expedition in 1989; reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: I. D. Sukacheva. 2000. New fossil caddis flies (Trichoptera) from the Shar-Teg locality in Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S347-S351 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125980: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Corixidae
Coryphocorixa zhangi
Coryphocorixa zhangi Popov 2014 water boatman
 Trichoptera -
Conchindusia longaeva
Conchindusia longaeva Sukacheva 2000 caddisfly
PIN 4270/1738